March 2009 was a record breaking month for public transport usage in Auckland. The ARTA monthly business report confirms that there were 6,115,155 bus, ferry and rail boardings in March across Auckland’s network. This is up 19.7% on last March. It also means that the 12 month rolling total for […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has announced that Bombardier Transportation Canada Inc has been awarded a contract worth a total of $1.22 billion (excluding taxes), for 204 new low-floor light rail vehicles (LRV), with a delivery date beginning in 2011.
The Herald reports: As the Transport Agency prepares to open a new motorway through Mt Roskill next week, uncertainty remains over how it will eventually reach the Northwestern Motorway at Waterview. Although a review on using tunnels or a motorway was to have been ready last month, officials are collecting […]
Architect Andrew Patterson has been brought on board to redesign plans for the Orakei peninsula, incorporating the Orakei railway station. An article on stuff.co.nz says the concept envisages 670 apartments of varying sizes in blocks up to eight storeys high, public plazas, a waterfront pier, circuit walkway, offices and retail […]
Confusion reigns about the location of the Onehunga railway station, originally scheduled to open in December of this year. According to officials from ARTA and the ARC, Ontrack are claiming there are insufficient funds to extend the railway line from Galway Street to the rail station site the ARCÂ purchased on […]
As reported in the Herald, Scott Macarthur has started a weekend only bus service between Pt Chev and Newmarket. From Pt Chev, the service runs Pt Chev / Meola / Moa / Gt North Road, before crossing under the motorway to run along Levona / Fourth Ave / New North Rd / […]
The Herald points out that the obvious way to mark the 50 year anniversary of the Harbour Bridge is to let people walk across it. I agree. After all they let people run across it for the Auckland Marathon, so what is the big deal? But they scorn the efforts […]
The Herald reports that the Overlander rail service between Auckland and Wellington is being cut back to three days a week during winter. There is not much detail in the report, but I’m wondering what the patronage is at the moment.